Can Toluene react with aqueous KOH solution to give benzyl alcohol as the product?

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Aqueous KOH is alkaline in nature. It gives OH. These hydroxyde ions act as strong nucleophile and replace halogen atom from the alkyl halide.
$R C l + K O H (a q .) \to R O H$ .
This results in the formation of alcohol molecules and the reaction is known as nucleophil substitution reaction.

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Can Toluene react with aqueous KOH solution to give benzyl alcohol as the product?

Aqueous KOH is alkaline in nature. It gives OH. These hydroxyde ions act as strong nucleophile and replace halogen atom from the alkyl halide. RCl+KOH(aq.)→ROH. This results in the formation of alcohol molecules and the reaction is known as nucleophil substitution reaction.

Aqueous KOH is alkaline in nature. It gives OH. These hydroxyde ions act as strong nucleophile and replace halogen atom from the alkyl halide.
$R C l + K O H (a q .) \to R O H$ .
This results in the formation of alcohol molecules and the reaction is known as nucleophil substitution reaction.